Holy Well Of St Clether is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Holy well. 1 related planning application.
Holy Well Of St Clether
- WRENN ID
- other-bastion-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Holy well
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST CLETHER SX 28 SW 4/174 Holy Well of St Clether 19/1/52 GV II*
Holy well. Probably C15 with earlier origins, restored in 1897. Roughly dressed granite with steeply pitched roof constructed of large granite slabs with gable ends to front and rear. Plan: Rectangular plan, built into side of bank, with ground rising to rear. The water flows into the well sump and then is conveyed through an underground channel under the east end of St Clether Chapel (qv) which stands only 1.5m to the south. Exterior: Tall narrow wellhouse with high steeply pitched roof; gable end to front. Hollow chamfered granite basket arch in front with stone rubble walls flanking, projecting to left and right forming low benches. Interior: Rectangular plan well sump. Baring-Gould, S. 'The Well-Chapel of St Clether' Cornish Magazine, vol. 1, 1898. Lane-Davies, A. Holy Wells of Cornwall, reprinted 1970.
Listing NGR: SX2023084591
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